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How to Migrate to Managed Services: Four Critical Steps

January 24th, 2011 | No Comments

Handling all your IT functions in-house was once thought of as a conservative, money-saving strategy. Today, the effectiveness of managed service offerings is making it clear that some things can be outsourced more cost-effectively than they can be done in-house. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Wayne Kiphart shares four critical steps to getting your feet wet with IT outsourcing. – Making the transition from an all-internal IT team to outsourcing key technology tasks to a managed services provider (MSP) is often the hardest step to take on the road to a more successful, better run and more cost-effective business model. To succeed, you have to realize that no one is getting a …

MegaPath Unveils Flexible Managed Security Services

January 12th, 2011 | No Comments

MegaPath expanded its managed security services to give customers the choice of having cloud-based security or to host their own equipment. – MegaPath announced on Jan. 10 a new managed security as a
service offering, which can be entirely cloud-based, on-premise, or a mix of
both.
Customers can decide whether to have the complete managed
solution delivered from the cloud, have the equipment on-premises, or have a
hybrid of cloud and…

Dell Acquires SecureWorks to Add Managed Security Services to IT Portfolio

January 4th, 2011 | No Comments

Dell acquired SecureWorks, which specializes in managed security, risk assessment, and threat management for corporate customers, to expand its IT-as-a-service portfolio into security. – Dell confirmed on Jan. 4 that it will acquire SecureWorks,
an information-security services company. The acquisition will expand Dells enterprise
IT-as-a-service portfolio, the company said.
The acquisition is expected to close sometime in February,
or Â“in approximately 40 days,Â” Peter Altabef, …

OpSource Rolls Out Managed Services for Public Cloud App Deployments

December 17th, 2010 | No Comments

OpSource is offering a suite of services to manage some of the tasks for running enterprise applications on the public cloud for companies that don’t want to do these chores themselves. – OpSource’s new Managed Services for the Cloud is offering
a helping hand to organizations interested in moving to the cloud but are
unsure about dealing with the technical aspects of cloud management.
OpSource’s Managed Services for the Cloud is a suite of
application and system management ser…

PicoSearch Enhances Managed Search Platform

November 5th, 2010 | No Comments

The company’s platform now offers AutoComplete, designed to speed Website visitor searches. – Search services specialist PicoSearch, a SAS company, announced a variety of
enhancements to its hosted search application, designed to help small to
medium-size businesses ensure their site visitors find the content they need.
The company, which offers management of searchable pages and addition…

IT Skills Demand Driving Managed Services, SAAS, Cloud Adoption

October 14th, 2010 | No Comments

Technology services jobs have gained the most jobs over the summer months, according to government labor figures. Deeper analysis of the widest range of jobs in technology shows continued reluctance on full-time hiring and consistent opportunity for contractors and consultants on funded projects. – A
closer look at U.S. government data on
technology jobs shows IT services–known as those jobs that fall under the
category management and technology services to be the most robust area of
technology employment over the last four months. The Bureau of Labor Statistics, which falls under the
di…

Want To Begin With An IT Business? Begin With With The Best Managed Services Software Posted By : editor@luxuryinternetauction.com

October 4th, 2010 | No Comments

Getting a new business started in any niche is a daunting task. There are so many variables to consider. The area of technology services is no exception, in fact it may be a bit more difficult because technology changes so rapidly. If you are thinking of launching a technology services company be sure you plan properly and do what it takes to start off on good footing. Be sure you are aware of all the services that you will be asked to perform and that either you or you staff is capable of doing them. A good way to begin the process is to find the best managed services software and develop your plan around it.

Start Your Technology Services Company With The Best Managed Services Software Posted By : editor@luxuryinternetauction.com

October 4th, 2010 | No Comments

Information technology can be a highly lucrative business but it takes more than simply gathering a together a bunch of your computer savvy buddies. You must have a complete understanding of supply and demand as it relates to IT services. In other words, you must know what individuals and companies are demanding from their technology consultants and then you must find a way to supply it to them. Oh, and do not forget that you must do this at a competitive price while still turning a profit. Perhaps the easiest way to get started is to find the best managed services software available to you and build around it.

Whaleback Offers Managed IP Telephony Platform

September 30th, 2010 | No Comments

The company’s Great Point platform allows the delivery of new features, including presence and automatic call distribution applications. – Managed IP telephony specialist Whaleback Systems announced
the Great Point Managed IP Telephony platform, an integrated, turnkey
platform for Voice over IP phone systems. The Great Point
platform is designed to provide maximum uptime, reduce implementation
time and ease onsite administration vi…

Managed File Transfer Plays Major Role in IT Security, Compliance: Study

September 29th, 2010 | No Comments

Managed file transfer, or MFT, is a subject that needs attention, especially, especially when it comes to issues such as enterprise security and compliance. What is MFT? Simply, MFT uses different types of applications to securely transfer data from one computer to another. This small but important area of IT management has recently garnered some attention after IBM bought Sterling Commerce for more than a $1 billion and MFT specialist Ipswitch merged with Message Way. Recently, eWEEK published a strategy paper on the role of MFT in enterprise security and compliance. The information is based on a survey that Ziff Davis Enterprise,Â eWEEK’s parent company, conducted with IT managers about how they use MFT. The survey looked at what issues IT managers consider when building out security- or compliance-related systems, and what types of issues MFT helped solve. Here, eWEEK presents the most interesting and salient findings of the paper, titled "Managed File Transfer: The Unsung Security and Compliance Solution." – …

Documents Of All tTypes Managed Better In Your Small Business Posted By : Andrew Marcroft

September 15th, 2010 | No Comments

Organising the many types of documents in your office is easy when you have the right system. Reduce paper, link to clients and keep track of emails that would otherwise be lost.

Managed Services Changing IT Reseller Landscape, Study Finds

September 9th, 2010 | No Comments

A whitepaper from NovaStor finds managed services will significantly alter the IT channel landscape. – A decreasing reliance by businesses on client-server based
infrastructures to deliver IT services is drastically changing the
business landscape for many traditional IT channel players, including
classic IT dealers and Value Added Resellers, according to a
whitepaper from data protection softwar…

GlobalScape Offers Free Managed File Transfer Software

September 8th, 2010 | No Comments

The company launches a promotion to broaden market reach of its solution suite, offering its Enhanced File Transfer Server (EFT Server) product for free through the end of 2010. – Secure information exchange solutions provider GlobalScape announced the company would offer the base version of its Enhanced File Transfer Server (EFT Server) product for free through the end of 2010. EFT Server enables organizations to securely implement managed file transfer (MFT) capabilities am…

St. Bernard Buys Red Condor for Managed E-Mail Security

August 4th, 2010 | No Comments

St. Bernard Software’s acquisition of fellow security vendor Red Condor extends St. Bernard’s hybrid approach to security. – St. Bernard Software has acquired Red Condor for its managed e-mail
security business.
The buy is meant to help expand St. Bernard’s focus, which has traditionally
been on serving small and midsize enterprises with appliances, software and
hosted solutions. The acquisition was made for an undis…

Xerox Managed Printing Boosts California Schools

July 21st, 2010 | No Comments

Printer maker Xerox educates school districts on how they can reduce their printing costs through Enterprise Print Services (EPS), part of the company’s managed print services (MPS) portfolio. – The Rialto Unified School District signed on for imaging solutions specialist Xeroxs Enterprise Print Services
in a plan to save hundreds of thousands of dollars in document-related
costs. Using Xeroxs print governance feature, the newest addition to
the companys managed print services (MPS) port…

Zyxel Announces Managed Gigabit Switches

July 13th, 2010 | No Comments

Access and security solutions specialist Zyxel rolls out its latest line of managed gigabit switches aimed at cost-conscious businesses, offering features such as port-based authentication. – Broadband networking, Internet connectivity and routing specialist
Zyxel Communications introduced the GS2200 series of switches, aimed at
small to medium-size businesses, as well as a limited lifetime warranty
for select products within its spectrum of managed switches and fiber
transceivers. T…

Ipswitch Acquires MessageWay in Managed File Transfer Play

June 15th, 2010 | No Comments

Ipswitch buys MessageWay Solutions, bringing together two companies specializing in managed file transfer. – Managed file transfer vendor Ipswitch has acquired MessageWay Solutions to
combine the companies suite of managed file transfer (MFT) products.
The
acquisition, made for an undisclosed sum, is aimed at providing Ipswitch with
enhanced management, visibility and enforcement capabilities via Messa…

Qwest Offers Managed Security, Network Management Services with IBM

April 8th, 2010 | No Comments

Qwest Communications partners with IBM to offer businesses two managed solutions, iQTM Managed Security Service (MSS) and iQTM Network Management Service (NMS).
– Qwest Communications announced the launch of two managed solutions,
Qwest iQTM Managed Security Service and Qwest iQTM Network Management
Service, which deliver on a relationship Qwest and IBM previously
announced to provide a technology ecosystem specifically designed for
businesses with 15,000…

YouSendIt Corporate Suite Provides Secure, Easy Managed File Transfer

April 7th, 2010 | No Comments

YouSendIt Corporate Suite offers organizations looking to get large, numerous or sensitive files from one place to another a managed file transfer solution that’s intuitive, encrypted and reasonably fast. For a look at the YouSendIt offering in action, check out the slide gallery below, and make sure to read eWEEK Labs’ full review here.
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Secure, Easy Managed File TransferÂ—Maybe

March 26th, 2010 | No Comments

YouSendIt makes e-mailing large, sensitive files secure and manageable by avoiding the pain of using FTP clients and servers.
– The idea behind YouSendIt’s namesake technology is to make
the chore of sending files, especially large or sensitive files, easier and
safer than it would be just attaching the files to an e-mail. There are a lot
of reasons for doing this, the most obvious is that many e-mail servers have
limits…